La dependencia al teléfono celular y su relación con la autoestima en adolescentes

Abstract

The present research was carried out with the objective of identifying the relationship between the level of cell phone dependence and the levels of self-esteem in adolescents, variables that were measured by means of two psychological reagents which were the Cell Phone Dependence Test and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale in a population of 91 male and female adolescents of the "Giovanni Calles" Captain's Educational Unit. The study carried out is a non-experimental approach, of cross-sectional design and correlational scope. The results showed that adolescents who spend a moderate amount oftime on their telephone have lower self-esteem, which indicates an inverselyproportional correlation, given that the distribution of scores was not normal, Spearman'scorrelation test was applied indicating that there is a correlation between self-esteem anddependence on cell phones, and the prevalence of a moderate level around the level of dependence on cell phones was 46.2%, while at a low level it was 27.5% and at a high level it was 26.4%. In the levels of self-esteem in the study population were determined at a low level of 47.3%, at a medium level 28.6%, and at a high level in 24.2% of the population. In addition, no significant differences were found in the measure of the level of dependence on the telephone in relation to sex.